The Nigerian House of Representatives, is considering to pass a Bill for Act, to permit Nigerians from the age of eighteen, to carry arms for self-defence The Bill also states that “The Inspector General of Police, may, with the consent of the Governor of the State, grant a permit to any person to carry on … Read more
The Clerk of the Ondo State House Of Assembly, Mr. Bode Adeyelu, a member of the House representating Akoko South West, Hon. Bankole Felemu and two civil servants – Oluseguun Kayode and O. J. Afolabi have been reportedly detained at the detention facility of the Economic and financial crime commission (EFCC) EKO HOT BLOG had … Read more
Jarigbe said the Senate President should immediately inaugurate him as a Senator in accordance with the judgement of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court which affirmed him as the authentic candidate of the PDP for the Senatorial bye election. He also wants the Senate leadership stop his opponent, Stephen Odey, who has been … Read more
The bill to make it mandatory for every state to reserve one seat for a female senator will soon come up for second reading in the House of Representatives. Chairman of House Committee on Women in Parliament noted that nobody could address the country’s issues without the participation of women. The bill to make it … Read more
The House of Representatives introduced a bill which according to the sponsor, Garba Mohammed would allow both the Federal and state governments to freely negotiate the minimum wage with their workers in line with the nation’s federal system. Nigerian workers in their hundreds stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja, demanding the withdrawal of a … Read more
House of Representatives is set to investigate the quality and quantity of arms and ammunition purchased in the last 10 years by the Federal Government. This was as the Ad-hoc Committee on the need to review the purchase, use, and control of arms, ammunition, and related hardware by military, paramilitary, and other law enforcement agencies … Read more
Several calls have been made to the President to overhaul the country’s security structure following the rising spate of insecurity Members of the National Assembly have, again, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig the security architecture of the country by taking more decisive steps to curb the insecurity in the country. They have also … Read more
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE HIV, Tuberculosis Care Neglected Due To Covid-19 – Health Minister COVID-19: Low Testing Worries Health Minister COVID-19: NIN Registration May Be Suspended – Health Minister The National Assembly Joint Committee on Health has ordered the Ministry of Health to stop any plan to utilize the ₦10 billion released to it by … Read more
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE SSANU, NASU To Begin Indefinite Strike February 5 Ibidapo-Obe’s Family Discredits Video Circulating As Source Of Death COVID-19: Shiites Demand Immediate Release Of El-Zakzaky, Wife From Detention The National Assembly has postponed its resumption which was slated for January 26, to February 9. The information was contained in a statement issued … Read more
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has assured Nigerians that the National Assembly would see to the prudent utilisation of loans taken. He stated this at the State House, Abuja on Thursday when responding to questions from journalists about the Federal Government’s use of ₦3 trillion to service debts in the 2020 budget and President Muhammadu … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the 2021 budget and the finance bill into law ten days after it was passed by the National Assembly. The National Assembly had transmitted the passed ₦13.5trn budget to President Buhari for assent on Monday. Eko Hot Blog reported that the President presented the proposed 2021 budget to a … Read more
The National Assembly is billed to pass the 2021 Appropriation Bill today, Monday, 21 December, raising the total estimated from the proposed N13.08tn to N13,588,027,886,175, an increase of over N500bn. This was disclosed in the report by the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations on the national budget. Both the Senate and the House of … Read more
National Assembly, NCC Raises Wage Bill By N12bn The National Assembly has queried the Nigerian Communications Commission over a sharp increase in its proposed wage bill between for 2021. The parliament also criticised the hike in the financial provision for consultancy services, Eko hot blog gathered. While the sum of N16.85bn was approved for NCC … Read more
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has promised that the National Assembly will pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill within the first quarter of 2021. He gave the assurance on Wednesday at a public hearing on the repeal of the 2010 Electoral Act and enactment of the 2020 Electoral Act. Lawan at the public hearing said the … Read more
As part of the effort to create an atmosphere and condition conducive for better electoral processes and conduct of credible and fair elections, the National Assembly has begun the process of amending the Electoral Act Amendment. The electoral act amendment deliberation is one of the agenda in the ongoing one day public hearing being held … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to address a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday December, 10.Buhari To Address NASS Joint Session Dec. 10 This was disclosed in a tweet on Monday by the President’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie. “FireFLASHFire, FireFLASHFire President @MBuhari will address a joint session of the National … Read more
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday has announced that his ministry owed 3,504 contractors handlings its various housing projects, about N69.9bn. Fashola disclosed this when he appeared before the joint National Assembly Committee on Housing, to defend his ministry’s 2021 budget estimates. He, therefore, said the N76.4bn allocated to the … Read more
Group also demands for a seperate state The Okun ethnic group of Kogi state is agitating for a boundary readjustment which will see it become part of the south west politically and administratively. Under the current arrangement, Kogi state, which the ethnic group is currently under, is in north central geopolitical zone. The group agitation … Read more
Lawmakers give no reason for the development Despite strident call to halt its recess in order to attend to topical issues that need legislative input, the national assembly has announced extension of its break by two weeks. The federal lawmakers suspended legislative activities for their annual recess on July 23 and were expected to resume … Read more
By Emma Agu Uneasy, so goes a popular saying, lies the head that wears the crown. Never has this saying been more apt than in the case of the current Service Chiefs of the various Services of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. More than ever before, there have been calls for … Read more